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ANTH 160 1st Edition Lecture 2Outline of Last Lecture I. Introduction to ANTH 160A1 – Reviewing the main components of the syllabusA. Attendance/Grading Policies, Course Expectations, Required TextbooksOutline of Current Lecture II. Three Secrets of ArchaeologyA. Archaeologists study people.B. Archaeologists learn very little from individual artifacts.C. To do well in archaeology, you must observe how people interact with the material world today.III. Defining Key Terms (Anthropology, Archaeology, Culture)IV. Change is caused by...V. Introduction to the Stages of Archaeological ResearchCurrent LectureThree Secrets of Archaeology1. Archaeologists study people (and how the lived in the past). This is known as anthropology.A. Anthropology: The study of humankind in its wildest sense (includes biology and culture)2. Archaeologists learn very little from individual artifacts. A. Where do you find this artifact? B. What is it associated with? C. What is the whole story?3. To do well in archaeology, you must observe how people interact with the material world today.A. Archaeology: The study of the human past (and present) using the surviving material remains of human behaviorThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.B. Culture:1. A set of designs for living that help mold human responses to different situations2. A group of people who share (to some arbitrary degree) a design for livingC. Cultural System: Complex system of interacting behaviors and beliefs that may or may not be manifested materiallyD. Cultural Process: Processes by which human societies change through timeChange is caused by...- Diffusion (spread of concepts and ideas)- Invention (e.g., new tools or techniques of building/making things)- Migration (movement of people)Stages of Archaeological Research1. Reconnaissance/Survey2. Excavation3. Analysis/Lab Work4. Interpretation5. RepeatThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a


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